Penn State Behrend’s 2022 student concert featured Yung Gravy, a rapper who has collaborated with Lil Baby, Juicy J and Chief Keef. More than 1,600 students attended the show.
Hundreds of students have benefited to date from scholarships created by alumni and friends during the University’s recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Structured around the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution, the campaign’s top priority was opening the doors of higher education to students from every background, and Penn State donors rose to the challenge, creating a total of 2,045 new scholarship endowments — an increase of more than 35% over the course of the six-year effort.
Nearly 1,000 new and transfer students joined the Penn State Behrend community this week. They had help moving in: More than 100 Welcome Week leaders and resident assistants carried boxes, clothes and totes to the new students’ rooms.
Scientists have long debated the origins of teeth. A new study by scientists at Penn State provides evidence for one hypothesis. According to vertebrate paleontologist Todd Cook, associate professor of biology, Penn State Behrend, the team did not initially set out to contribute to the teeth origin debate.
Students who leave college before completing their first academic year often decide to do so during the first six weeks of the semester. To better support those students, Penn State Behrend has developed the “Six Weeks Initiative” — a coordinated network of faculty members, support staff and campus resource offices that can provide additional support.
Penn State Behrend has presented the Behrend Medallion, the college’s highest award, to Nancy Anderson, vice president and chief information officer for GE. She leads the company’s Digital Technology organization, with infrastructure and applications around the world.
As students plan their return to Penn State campuses for the fall 2022 semester, the University continues to provide resources to help individuals stay safe and healthy and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Penn State University Health Services (UHS) is encouraging students to protect themselves against monkeypox in light of cases in Pennsylvania and nationally. Monkeypox is a viral infection primarily spread through prolonged close contact. It is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and anybody can be at risk, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Students in Penn State Behrend’s "College for Kids" program build rockets, robots and miniature roller coasters. This year, they also created a summer-camp newspaper. “I wanted to see how it felt to document people and what they were doing,” said student participant Elliott Fensmire.
For his first novel, “The Substance of Things Hoped For,” Tom Noyes, a professor of creative writing and English at Penn State Behrend, looked to an ancestor, John Humphry Noyes, a “Bible Communist” who created a New York community based on group marriage and mutual criticism.
